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Manuscript Novellae of Rabbi Shmuel Halberstadt, Rabbi of Haguenau – Europe, Mid-18th Century
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Manuscript, Torah novellae on Tractate Bava Kama by R. Shmuel Halberstadt (Halberstam), Rabbi of Haguenau and the Alsace region, a disciple of R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz in Prague. [Europe, before 1753, ca. 1730s-1750s].
The novellae were written by one of his students, in his lifetime, as he is mentioned with blessings for the living in the headers of some pages.
R. Shmuel Halberstadt (d. 1753) was a Torah scholar of Prague, eventually appointed Rabbi of the Alsace region. Born in Halberstadt to R. Tzvi Hirsch, in his youth he was a disciple of R. Akiva Eger (the first) of Halberstadt, author of Mishnat DeRabbi Akiva. After his marriage he lived in Prague where he was a distinguished disciple of R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz. After the Prague expulsion of 1745, R. Shmuel immigrated to Alsace (northeastern France), where his teacher R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz was already living (having served as Rabbi of Metz since 1741).
At the recommendation of R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz, R. Shmuel was appointed Rabbi and yeshiva dean in Haguenau and Chief Rabbi of the Alsace region. R. Shmuel Halberstadt passed away in 1753, and was eulogized by his teacher R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz. His Olat Shmuel remains in manuscript, while some of his novellae have been published in Divrei Chachamim.
[16] written pages. 20 cm. Fair-good condition. Dark stains and wear. Detached leaves. Stamps ("Sifrei Dent"; "Mosad Harav Kook" – some deleted). Early leather binding, rubbed (non-original; somewhat similar to the binding of books from the library of R. Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura, d. 1883, some of whose books at the time reached Sifrei Dent).
Formerly Mosad Harav Kook Ms. 151.
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